Don't call Pujara "the next so and so". That's taking away from his unique brilliance. Embrace him as an individual, not a replacement.
— Ant Sims (@mspr1nt) November 16, 2012

Today I feel
as if I’ve scored a Test double hundred. What’s better, I have a celebratory whiskey
by my side, mid-test, as I type.

I doubt Che
Pujara will have any of that. Here’s raising my glass to him. I don’t recall
when an Indian batsman made a double hundred – and I’m not in the least
inclined to check who it was. If you know who it was and when it was, please do
tell.

It’s seems
like a long, long time ago.

Today it
feels like Indian cricket has taken a new turn, and a new twist is just around
the corner.

Some things,
when they happen, appear destined to – like this double hundred, with the
asterisk alongside. A not-out, holy mother of cricketing Gods, a not-out. What
must his average be like today. In the 60s. Here’s to the average. Raising
glass again.

To salvage
Test cricket, every team needs a zealous, run making monk – one who doesn’t
tire of scoring runs, big runs, non-stop runs, match after match runs, even boring
runs. South Africa has Amla. England has Cook. West Indies has Chanderpaul. Who
does India have sitting under cricket’s banyan tree?

Refill.

I’ve been wanting to process the Dravid-Pujara
equation. But for that, I think I have to process Dravid’s retirement first,
and like Megha and Nicol, I don’t think I have. The day of his retirement, I
fled to Goa, think March 10th or 11th it was. I nearly
missed an early check-in and good seats because of that retirement interview. It
made me feel sick and sad, freeze in the shower. Goa was timely, I wanted
distance from a cricketing death.

But today is Che Pujara’s day.

Stay fit,
stay strong, play long.

There will
be comparisons, and I’m not sure they shouldn’t be – it’s a tempting cricketing
equation. Dismissing it in a tweet won’t do.

Legacy,
articulate, dignity, straight, complex. Does that describe the past or the
present.

It’s one
down, number three, in early, when the teams swirly.

You need a
man, not someone’s who’s cute and girly.

Going by Stuart Broad's fetish for mindless appealing, don't put it beyond him to join in when he's batting. #IndvsEng
— BCC! (@BoredCricket) November 16, 2012

If only India could deposit these runs in a bank and withdraw them on overseas' tours #IndvsEng
— BCC! (@BoredCricket) November 16, 2012

Comment of the day, Che Pujara says he likes to be "thoughtless" when he goes out to bat.
— BCC! (@BoredCricket) November 16, 2012

Trott's dismissal would have been complete had he high-fived both Pujara and Ashwin. #IndvsEng
— BCC! (@BoredCricket) November 16, 2012

since we are comparing, Dravid got his 100 in his 9th test, a 148. Che has 159 and 206*, and is in his 6th Test.
— Shrikant Subramanian (@HomerTweets) November 16, 2012